Lading tie fastener



1952 E. P. SMITH ETAL 2,605,719

LADING TIE FASTENER Filed Feb. 28, 1951 I 2 SI-IEETS-Si-EET l v fzz/ezzfozzs'f Edward P038022 JzzzZ/fi /Va/aa/m r5 i/oizwazz Aug. 5, 1952 E. P. SMITH ETAL 2,605,719

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PatentedAug. 5, 1952 l @UNITEDF STATE LADING TIE FASTENER I Edward Payson Smith, Winnetk'a, andMalcolm S. Johnson, Chicago, Ill., assignors to Illinois Railway Equipment Company, Chicago, 111., a

corporation of Illino Application February 28, 1951, Serial No. 213,158

Our invention relates to means, which are in-.

tended to be fixedly secured to the-car walls of a-house car, for anchoring or securing the ladingholdingstraps or tie elements and permit easy application and/ or removal of the tie straps without damage to the car wall or structure and without causing damage to lading which may subsequently be loaded into the car.

Our invention relatesto means intended to be fixedly applied to the interior wood lining of railroad box or house cars in such a manner as to provide smooth interior walls without protruding surfaces which would interfere with subsequently loaded lading; namely, an anchor or tie strap fastener whicheliminates all possibility of injury to lading loaded in the car. 7

The invention has for its object, the provision of an anchor or fastening means which may be readily applied to the inner lining or walls of existing cars and lie flush therewith without change in car construction and adapted to receive the conventional steel tie straps at present in use, whereby undesirable shifting or movement of the lading may be prevented and/or temporary partitions or bulkheads for mixed car loads may be secured in place.

An object of our invention is the provision of a comparatively inexpensive and simple unitary structure which may readily be applied to the car lining and extend flush therewith, at preselected places, without marring the car interior lining and without destroying the sealing nature of the lining against shifting of any, bulk or granular commodity in the car and against the introduction of moisture due to exposure to the car exterior of temperature conducting metal portions;

The foregoing objects and advantages, as well as advantages inherent in the invention,- will all be readily comprehended from the following detailed description of the accompanying drawings wherein- Figure 1 is aperspective view of a portion of a railroad car side wall construction with our improved anchor or tie strap holder shown applied and with an end of a tie strap applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a similar view with the tie strap omitted and the upper part of the anchor broken away.

Figure3 is a perspective view of the rear side of the anchor member.

Figure 4 is a sectional perspective of the rear side of the anchor taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3, with a portion of the backing or guide strip broken away. I Our improved tie fastener or anchor lends itself to the use of any suitable type of wire or other more or less flexible tie means, but is espe cially adapted to the use of the conventional type of. flat steel strapping of flexible and bendable character and in the specific exemplification consists of an annular disc-like body member ID which is intended to be rigidly secured to the car wall or inneriining iL The carinner wall of,

3 Claims. 7 (01.105-369) house cars generally consists of tongue-andgroove boards of preselected thickness extending lengthwise of the car and secured to the usual wall framing or vertical side posts, indicated at [2, and applied prearranged distances apart.

In order to enable easy application of our improved anchor or fastener, it is preferably of annular or disc-like form thus enabling the use of a suitable auger or drill for providing an an-' nular socket in the wood sheathing or inner lin ing boards H for reception of the fastening member. I

The disc-like member In preferably consists of a metal casting of preselected diameter with a'rearwardly disposed rim l3 of predetermined depth and provided with a pair of spaced apart transversely disposed ribs l4, [4 arranged parallel with each other.v These. ribs areflush with the outer perimeter of the rim l3 and at their ends, adjacent the rim, are united by the shelf-like web portions l5, 15, see Figure 2.

The casting intermediate the parallel ribs l4, [4 has a transversely; extending opening .or slot, as shown at 16, which extends entirely through the casting to theforward side of the anchor where it is bisected by the integral bar or bridge ll which spans the cavity in the forward face of the anchor and constitutes the member or anchoring bar to which the tie means or straps are secured. The edges l8 of this anchor bar preferably are somewhat convex, see Figure l, and the edges made arcuate or rounded as shown more clearly in Figure 2 at 19 to eliminate the possibility of tearing the lading tie straps and to distribute the pulling strains when the strap extends at an angle.

In order to close the rear side of the open slot iii in the member 10 and to facilitate threading the tie strap beneath the bridge or bar l1, and provide a smooth surface, we provide the smooth surfaced backing or concaved. closure plate 20 which extends throughout the length of the slot or opening. The ends of the closure strip or plate 20 preferably are shown slightly narrower to facilitate manipulation and to fit the sockets [Ed at the ledges or shelf-like web pore tions l5, l5 and the length of the backing plate is somewhat greater than the distance between the diametrically opposite shelf-like portions l5, I5 to permit the ends of the backing plate 20 to be bent back upon the plate with the distal ends then bent outwardly to fit beneath or back of the portions [5, l5, as shown at 2i, 2| in Figure 2,

thereby clamping the backing plate 20 in position and maintaining the plate 20 in the rear-' I ing and the passage through the anchor which 3. would interfere Withthe easy threading of the tie straps. As'the conventional tie elements generally consist of flat metal straps whose sharp ends are apt, during insertion, to diginto; the wood sheathing or lining, we. provide a smooth surfaced backing member of more orlessresilient sheet metal which places the main bodyofthe anchor under sufficient pressure against the heads of the screws or bolts 22, therebyholding, the anchor against vibration. The backing rneni-l ber at the rear of the opening in theanchor-- causes the tie strap or element to be guided in its; passage throughuthesocket;..and about the..- integral tie bar. iii. With-the; backing}. strip; or. member.- fitting. more. on, less, snugly between the. anchor-ribs L4, and in. interengaging holding zen: easement withL theiledgesi litany, subsequent. sranularclading. will: be premantezl.fromL sifting between thercarlining 1 V Iihe. backing plate... 2e15, of; width; "substantially; equal to; thedistance v between; theribs; 1. 1;. [J3 at the rear). of; bpdy. member. I ,9, while the. bow. of; the. plate..2.0 is suc'n astoapproximate the. depth. of the ribs M, M and of the perimetricalfiahge; I or rim [.3, so.:that..when theanchon disc id so.- cured in;placeitheibacking plate, by -reason. of its. contact; with the .undrilled portion. of; the, lining l i, will be. flexedaandzinducethebentends-there. of. to. effectgfirmer binding relation .with' theshelves.-.l5, ii againstvibration and. chatter. As. previously stated, the car lining; boards- M.. coincident. with. the, car wood; posts. iii and atpreselected elevations areiboredv to, a depth less. than the, thickness. of theicar.lining= boards and approximately. to the. thickness. of; the. anchor. l t: so the latter. will lie flush with. the. faceiof the. liningas shown in Figuresl and: 2; The; anchor. ill-z is provided with a'splnralityof screw. or. bolt receiving.. holes. for. flat-headedscrews. or.- countersunk boltsas shownat- The screws. or.bolts. extend throughthe undrilledporgtion 23-. ofvtheicar lining. boards and take into the Woodside post i2. asshown in Eigure 2i When the. screws or bolts. 22=are fullyscrewedintoplace, the camberin thebacking platelfl:

will beagainst the. undrilled portion 231 of the lining: board and thereby exert outward pres sure on the rear side of the anchorandensu-restabilityor firmness ofthe anchor.

()ur. improved anchor preferably consists of'a casting except-for thebacking strip 2-3} in order to facilitate-production and also provide a smooth guiding; surface for the introduction of the tie strap; a

As previously stated, the bridge or tie'strap attaching bar I? preferably is provided with convexside edges so as to apply the load or pulling strainat the center of the bridge and prevent possible tearing at the edges of; the tie band r p; and, also to t mmoda e. an sl ght. n l l iiy h an m ht ta e- We have described what we believe to be a, simple embodiment of the. invention, but, certain modifications may be possiblewithout, however, departing frorn the spirit of our invention as de; si by th a n d. a ms.-

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t a ies i ast ner. er a ra lmad; heuse. c mpr es a. ma n od or anchor. e er. adapted to be embedded in and fiushwith the car 7 lining provided witha transversely disposed elongated opening therethrough and provided with a perimetric rearwardly disposed flange, trans versely-disposed ribs on the rear face located at opposite sides of and adjacent said opening and ing;coe gi e r sive;vi ith said opening and arranged between. said-ribs to. confine said opening therebetween; a transversely disposed tie strap holding bar integral and flush with the front face of the body member bridging said opening and spaced from said backing plate to provide tie strap: receiving space therebeneath; and means involving: apaii of bolt and: screw. receiving ape..

erturesthrough: the flange portion. above .andbejlow-said opening whereby the anchon member may be secured. in place.

2. A ladi-ng tie fastener adaptedetoxbe. secured tothe lining boards-ot a railroad house .caricom-n prising a body -m ember adapted tobe-embeddeds in the car-lining and having: a rearwardly disposedperimetrical flange with bolt on screwel receiving apertured portions and: provided with ad transversely-- disposedopeningtherethrough;

transversely arranged-parallel ribs defining. the

longitudinal margins at opposite sides of: "said;

opening, the ribsat the -ends-of' theopening bee.-

ing united by ledge-forming Webs; aconceived backing plate arranged in said opening with its ends cu'r-ving'outwardlyand bent backward into. hook-like portions arrangedin i-nterenga'g'ing. relation with the rear-- sides of said ledge-form l ing webs; andan integral tie- 'strapholding. bar portion bridging said opening and flush with the forward face of t he bodymember and: spacedfrom saidbackingplateto permit passage of the; tie strap therebeneath.

3. A lading tie fasteneradapted-tobesecured to the lining boardsofa railroad house car com-- prisinga, disc-likebodymember of; prescribed thicknessprovided with: a transverse opening theret-hrough; the rearside 0f--- the member bea ingprovided with transversely extending ribs cireumsc-ribingthe; opening and-=provid-ing rear-- wardly sloping ledges at the ends ofthe opening-;- a'concave'd smooth-faced backing stripar-- ranged in said; opening with-its ends slopi-rgfoutward-1y anddaeni'; rearwardly'intp hook like por tions" adapted toe fiect interengag-ingholding relation"withsaid-; ledges;- a tie 'strap attaching 1 ar eissr kw h aid b y member. ae z s l l-F .ing-saidopening at the forwardface of s'aid rneniber andspaced from saidbacking strip to per; mit passage of --a tie strap; the body meniber -at the rear having a; perim'etricahrearwardlyfex ng ares being" nt g a w hjs id- 'Qdgs.

Y the flanseei d eid t bsax q a i vi n hes me rcipalfblam. t e mit snug. was. w h. car lining boards and thereby provide a seal: against filtration to the rear of the body rnem MALCOLM- s JOHNSON.

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